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No; 541,575. Patented June 25, 1895.

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ANDREW SIEGEL, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSI .lrNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRED HAUSMANN, OF SAME PLACE.

'BOTTLE-LABEILING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 541,575, dated June 25, 1895.

Application filed Mt, 31,1894. Serial No. 513,055. (No model.)

accompanying drawings, forming, part of this specification, in whic Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved bottle-labeling machine; Fig. 2, an elevation of the side opposite that shown in Fig. 1, a portion of the frame being broken away; Fig. 3, a front elevation showing the bottle entering the labeling-jaws; Fig. 4, a like view showing the position of the parts after the bottle has passed through said jaws; Fig.5, a rear end elevation, the portions being broken away; Fig. 6, atop plan View of a cam-plate employed in the device; Fig. 7, a bottom plan view of the same; Fig. 8, an edge elevation of the camplate, and. Fig. 9 a sectional view ot'the labelbox.

Like letters and figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different fig- 'struction.

ures of the drawings.

My invention relates especially to a device for applying gummed labels to glass bottles; and it consists in certain novel features hereinafter fully set forth and claimed, the object being to produce a simple, cheap and effective device of this character.

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understood by all conversant with such matters from the following explanation. r

In the drawings, A represents the bed of th machine which is supported on standards, I), and may be of any suitable form and con Running transversely of the bed and journaled in side-plates or standards, B, there is a rotary shaft, d, bearing a pulley, O, which is connected by a belt, D, with any suitable source of power.. Between the standards,

vertically curved lever, E.

as hereinafter described.

h, and slotted in its opposite end at, 2'. A crankpin,j, on a gear, k,'jou rnaled on a stub-crank shaft,m, works in said slot. This gear meshes with a piniomp, on the drive shaft,;d. In the tops of the standards in suitable Ways a horizontally arranged carriage, H, is fitted to slide longitudinallyof the machine. This carriage is actuated by a forked lever, g, pivoted centrally to said carriage and having its arms p-ivotally connected at, r, to the arms of the Three arch bars, 25, 11,10, are mounted vertically on the standards, B, and support and guide the label carrying mechanism.

On the carriage, H, a lever, 00, is pivoted at w to swing vertically on a standard, y. The

' rear arm of this lever is pushed vertically by a spring, 2', and at its extreme end bears a vertical finger, l5. Shown by dotted lines in Fig. 7c 2. The opposite arm of the lever, 00, carries thelabel carryinglevers, 16. Theselevers are pivoted on said arm to swing in opposite directions and are tensioned by springs, 17, which force them toward each other. The 7 arms of these levers curve laterally outward. Their lower ends are free and are provided with feet, 18, which project horizontally in front of said levers, said feet having laterally arranged dove-tailed grooves therein in which interchangeable label shoes, 19, are mounted. These shoes are thus arranged projecting forwardly from the levers, as shown. The finger, 15, on the rear arm of the lever, 00, is carried by a bar, 20, pivoted to swing laterally a 8 determined'distance on said arm, said finger being pivoted at, 21, to swing vertically on said bar. The cam-plate, 22, is supported in horizontal position by the arch-bars, 2f, '0, and

is arranged longitudinally of the machine. On the rear end of said plate there is a vertically arranged socket or cylinder, 25, in which a stud, 26, is fitted to slide. This stud is adapted to be engaged by the cam finger, 15 The under face of the cam-plate has a track, 27, on w hich the cam-finger, 15, travels in the direction of the arrow 27 as the carriage, H, is advanced. When it reaches the end, 28, of said track it drops 0E therefrom and is thrown upward by too the spring, .2, elevating the lever arm.v As the carriage, H, retreats the cam pin, 15, travels in the direction of arrow, 30, on the track, 29, the lateral movement necessaryto enter this track being permitted by the pivotedbar, 20. A partition, 31, divides the two tracks. At the rear end of track, 29, there is a vertically curved cam, 32, onto which the cam finger rides. The end,33, of-the partition, 31 is a spring. A curved guide plate, 34, (see Fig. 7)) directs the finger at the end of the rear ward passage of the carriage, H, into engagement with the pin, 26, in-the socket, 25. The spring, 33, yields to permit this. Said pin is thereby driven upward. On the rear archbar, 2, a horizontal shaft, 35, is journaled;

This shaft bears an arm,40,-'which will engage the pin, 26, driving it downward and forcingthe cam finger in likedirection so that said finger can ride onto'the rear end of the cam-track, 27, at adetermined point in? the movement of the carriage. The shaft, 35,. bears on its outer end-aTcrank,.36. A shaft, 41, is journaled on the arch-bar, eyin suitable standards and in parallelism" with the shaft, 35. The shaft, 41, has acrank,,37, at one end connected by a pit'man,.38, with thecrank, 36. A pitman, 39, connects the crank, 37, with the crankshaft, m. These shafts, 35, a'n'd, 4.1,. are rocked by the pitman, 39. "Centrally in the arch-bar, 'w, in a guide-socket, 50,-a plunger, 51, is fittedto slide vertically. This plhnger is provided on its lower end with=a laterally curved shoe, 52,.conforming to the curve of the bottle which it is adaptedto engage as! hereinafter described. The plunger is act'uated by a lever, 53, pivoted to itsupp'er} end the lower end of said lever beingpifvoted'tm an arm, 54, fastonthe rock-shaft, 41. Altable 60, is mounted on a spindle, 61', in alignmentwith the plunger. Said spindle works in a socket, 62,.rnounted in the forward end ofvthee bed, A, and rests on a spring, .63. The socketis slotted and a stud,64 projectsfrom the. lower end of the spindle. A rock-shaft, 65,is journaled on the under side ofthe-bed,,A. This shaft bears an ar|n,,66, which engages the: stud, 64:, and will draw the spindle,.61 downward against the pressure-of its spring. A- crank, 68, is fast on the outer endoftheshafh. 65, and is connected by a pitman,.69,.with the crank-pin on the crankshaft-,m, said'pitinam being slotted at, 70, to receive said pin. This table, 60, forms a yielding resistance for engaging the outer face of the article to be labeled as it passes the label carryingshoes as hereinafter described.

On the bed, A, at the rear of the spindle, 61,tongs-levers, K,are pivoted to swing vertically and have their free endspulled together by a spring, 71. The upper ends of theselevers have horizontally projecting pins,

2, upon which rollers, 73, are mounted, saidt rollers normally projecting into the path of? the plunger, 52.

A paste-box, P, is secured iu-the standards, B, directly behind the upper ends of the levers, K. A transversely arranged daubing. roller, 80, is jonrnaled in said box nearits forward edge inposition to be engaged by the label-shoes, 19, during the rearward passage of the carriage, H.

A label-box, R, is disposed directly behind the paste-box and is detachably held in the standards by a set'screw, 90, (see Fig. 2) so that boxes containing labels varying in size may besubstitut'ed. Themouthoftheboxisofsufficient size to receive the shoes, 19, of the label carrier. The labels, 100, rest in a stack on a plate, 101, within the box. Said plate rests on a plunger, 102, which slides in a tube, 103, and is pushed upward bya spring,10t. The shank of the plunger is toothed at, 105, to ,forma rack and a pawl, 106, pivoted to the tube, 103, engages said teeth. A fiat spring, 107, holds the pawl elevated. On the boxsupport, a verticalltube, 108, is mounted. A pin, 109, slides in said tube and its lower end normally rests on the outer end of the pawl, 106. On theforward end of the label carrying lever,.0c,. there is a pendent arm, 110. This arm carries a foot, 111,.on its lower end which during a certain movementof the leve,r,. 00, will engage the pin, 109, forcing it downward sufficiently far to permit the spring, 104:, to throw the plunger, 102, upward the distance of one tooth so that the labels may becarried into proper position to be engaged by the shoes,,19. In the-arm, 110, there is a f'cent'eri'ng pin,115,arranged longitudinally of "the machine and in the center line between ithe l'abellcarrying levers,.16..

, Theoperati'on of the device is asfollows: The tan'k,.P,beingv filled with paste and the label box,-R;;filled with labels power is ap- Qpliedto the. machine driving the pulley, O, fin the direction of the arrow in Fig. 2- The partsbeingin the positionshown in Figs. 1, I2 and 3,-a hottle,.T, is inserted between the lahelcarryinglevers, 16,on the shoes ofwhich a label, 125, (Fig. 3) is attached and the further movement of the parts drives the plunger, 51, so-that its foot, 52,engages said bottle forcing it downward. The label is in contact with the rollers, 73. As the bottle moves IIO ,downward the levers, 16, spread and the label fengages the-bottle with its pasted surface. The rollers, 73, smooth the label onto the bottle jwhichlis received by the table, 60, as it passes between said rollers, the levers, K, spreading to permit this. Simultaneously with the downward movement of the plunger to force ;the bottle between the rolls the carriage, H, be- "gins to recede carried by the lever, E, and the shoes, 19, of the label carrying lever pass over 'the daubingroll, 80,.receiving paste therefrom. :As these shoes reach a point adjacent the jlabel box the cam pin, 15, of said lever engages the risingportion, 32,.of the cam-plate depressing the rear arm of the lever and ele- [vating saidshoesso that they will pass over the top of the label box. As soon as they reach the proper position, said cam pin, directed by the curved wall, 34:, of the cam- Iplate, passes the end of the cam and is thrown "by the spring, z, upward into engagement with the pin, 26. The. shoes, 19, are thus throwndownward into contact with the label in the box. As the drive-shaft further rotatesthe shaft, 35, on the arch, t, is rocked by its connections throwing the arm, 40,-

downward and simultaneously rocking the shaft, 41', and elevating the plunger. The arm, 40, drives the pin, 26, downward against the cam pin, 15, elevating the shoes, 19, to

which a label adheres above the label box. The action of the crank-shaft now causes the.

carriage, H, to advance, the pin, 15, riding on the track, 27, in the'direction of the arrow in Fig. 7, and holding the opposite arm of the lever, 00, elevated so that the label will nottouch the roll, 80, as it passes over it. When the label lever has been carried sufficiently far so that the shoes, 19, are over the rolls, 7 3, the cam pin, 15, drops off the end, 28, of the track,.27, permitting the spring, .2, to throw the inner end of the label lever upward dropping said shoes into'contact with said rolls as in Fig. 3. The bottle is now inserted under the plunger and between the label levers, 16, as before described. A further movement of the driving shaft forces said bottle downward by means of the plunger. The arm, 66, as the carriage begins to advance draws the table, 60, downward, said arm being actuated from the drive-shaft in manner described. This depresses the table, 60, sufliciently far to give room for the bottle to pass below the rolls without meeting too much resistance While still forminga spring cushion to receive said bottle. As soon as the label bearing shoes have been projected into the label box the foot, 111, descending engages the plunger, 109, releasing the pawl so that the spring, 104, can drive the labels upward the distance of one notch of the ratchet, 105. It will be noted that in my device the labe carrying shoes not only serve to transport the label but also apply the paste thereto. These shoes being on springtensioned laterally swinging arms which are shaped to admit the bottle between them, slip from the' label as a the bottle is forced down by the plunger against said shoes and spread the levers. This movement leaves the paste face of the label in contact with the bottle and as said bottle continues to descend the'rolls, 73, engaging the dry face of the label smooth it against the bottle which is received by the spring-tensioned table at the end of the plunger stroke. The bottle is thus forced downward against the label while held by the carrier. This overcomes the objections incident to the use of many pasting or labeling machines wherein the carrier is gummed to attach the label or its equivalent to it and said label is then passed over apaste roll to apply paste to its attaching face. The carrier is then forced into contact with the article which is rigidly held and pressure applied. This 4 process leaves the outer face of the label after it is applied, sticky with the paste received from the carrier, a decidedly objectionable feature not incident to the use of my machine,

it to adhere to the bottle.

It-will be understood that the .use' of this machine is not confined tolabeling bottles as it is equally'well adapted for labeling. circular boxes, cans and other articles.

' The paste tank may contain water and the shoes employed to moisten the ordinary gnmmed label and carry the same to the bottle.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is 1. In a bottle labeling machine, a reciprocating carriage bearing a 'erticallyswinging lever provided with laterally swinging springtensioned levers curved toadmit the bottle between them and provided at their free ends with label carrying shoes, substantially as described.

2. In a bottle labeling machine, a reciproeating carriage bearing a vertically swinging lever; springtensioned laterally swinging and laterally curved levers on said first lever label-carrying shoes on the free ends of said levers and projecting horizontally in front thereof; and a paste roll disposed in position to engage said shoes at'adetermined point in the passage of said'carriage.

3. In a bottle labeling machine, a plunger adapted to engage the bottle, in combination with two spring-tensionedlaterally spreading rolls against which the bottle may be forced by said plunger;a spring-supported table disposed below said rolls for receiving the bottle, and devices for depressing said table as the plunger releases the bottle.

4; The combination with the vertically moving plunger and its actuating mechanism of the spring-tensioned spreading rolls, 73; the spring-supported table, 60, and mechanism operated by the drive mechanism of the machine for conjointly depressing said table and elevating said plunger.

5. In a bottle labeling machine, a horizontally sliding reciprocating carriage and connecting mechanism therefor in combination with a label carrying lever on said carriage; the laterally spreading rolls and devices for throwing said lever into engagement with said rolls at a determined pointi" he passage of said carriage.

6. In a bottle labeling machine the springtensioned laterally movable label smoothing rolls; the paste-roll and the label box arranged substantially as specified in combination with a reciprocating carriage and its drive mechanism; a vertically swinging lever on said carriage provided with shoes for engaging consecutively the paste roll, label and label rolls and devices for operating said lever vertically at determined points in the passage of said carriage. t

7. In a bottle labeling machine, the spring tensioned table, 60, in combination with a plunger for driving the bottle into engagement with said table; mechanism for depress ingsaid table at a determined" pointin the stroke of saidplunger, said mechanismbein automatically actuated by the drive-mechanism of the machine whereby the bottle may be released.

S. The reciprocating carriage, H; and its drive mechanism in combination with the spring-pushedlever, w, mounted thereon; the: spring-tensioned levers, 16, carried by said spring-pushed lever the forwardly projecting, shoes, 19, on said levers and mechanismfor' actuating the spring-pushed lever at'determined points in the passage of said carriage 9. In a bottle labeling machine, the combination of thereciprocating carriage andits actuating mechanism with the vertically swinging lever, 00, and its actuating mechanism; the spring-tensioned outwardlycurved label levers, 16, provided with laterally projecting feet, 18, and the shoes 19, detachably' secured tosaid feet.

10. In a bottle labeling machine'two springpushed laterally separable label-carrying,

shoesand mechanismfor consecutively engaging said shoes with a paste-roll, a label anddisposingthe same in the path of aplunger; a plunger for moving the article to be labeledintocontact with the upper faces of said shoes to spreadthe same and engage the paste face of the label carried thereby with said article, substantially as described 11. In a bottle labeling machine two springpushed laterally separable labelcarrying shoes and mechanism for consecutively engaging said shoes With a paste-roll, a label and disposing the same in the path of a plunger; a plunger for moving the article to be labeled into contact with the upperfaces of said shoes to spread the sameand engage the paste face of the label carried thereby with said article; anda yielding resistancefor engaging the outer face of the label on said articleasit passes the shoes,- substantially as described;

ANDREW SIEGEL. Witnesses:

O; M. SHAW,

K. DURFEE. 

